She wrote the track with the band's frontwoman Florence Welch, who also sang lead vocals, and produced it with Jack Antonoff.
Its lyrics are about escaping from unpleasant circumstances, rejecting one's own wrongdoings, and indulging in negative thoughts, using Florida as a geographical metaphor.
The song peaked at number eight on the Billboard Global 200 and reached the top 10 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.
Taylor Swift started working on The Tortured Poets Department immediately after she submitted her tenth studio album, Midnights, to Republic Records for release in 2022.
[1] Conceived amidst heightened fame brought by touring and publicized personal relationships, The Tortured Poets Department was a "lifeline" to Swift, who described it as an album she "really needed" to make.
In the interview, she drew a parallel between people who flee to Florida after committing crimes and those dealing with heartbreak: "They try to reinvent themselves, have a new identity, blend in.
is a power ballad[12] with an uptempo pop production[13] accompanied by jarring drums and guitars reminiscent of indie rock.
has a melodramatic Southern Gothic direction similar to "No Body, No Crime" on Swift's 2020 album Evermore and the "desolate Americana" influenced by Lana Del Rey.
[17] Erica Gonzales of Elle added that the sound brought an "anthemic and at times euphoric feel", may be largely influenced by Welch's music.
"[13] In a positive review by Melissa Ruggieri of USA Today, Swift and Welch's vocals against stomping instrumentals made the song "cinematic and purposeful.
[25] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard ranked the song third against the album's sixteen tracks, commending Swift's emotional vocals and the brash sound.
[14] Chris Willman of Variety called it the "funniest track" from the album,[32] referring to the lines "My friends all smell like weed or little babies" and "Fuck me up, Florida".
[33] In less enthusiastic reviews, John Wohlmacher of Beats Per Minute wrote that the track's blasting drums during its chorus disguise its substance-lacking verses and deemed it "more plodding than memorable.
[35] Stereogum's Tom Breihan said the track had "lot of half-baked Bible-belt imagery" undeserving of the exclamation points in its title.
along with tracks from the album occupied the top nine of the Billboard Global 200; the song debuted and peaked at number seven on the chart, where it became Swift's 33rd top-10 entry and Florence and the Machine's first.